Just Watched Wreck-It Ralph
I just got back in from watching Wreck-It Ralph and I must say I really enjoyed the movie. Let me start off by saying, it’s not the best Disney film I’ve watched, but it’s totally a lot of fun. Watching an animated feature about video games is something that is right up my alley. I probably smiled the whole way through it to be honest. Why? Well, they did a lot of things right on a design level. Like, I was very impressed with the details of how the characters in Ralph’s game moved about. Being from a retro game, they moved all in key frames and popped from pose to pose. Seeing that lets you know someone is a fan of retro gaming on the design team and said “the characters should/need to move like this”. Fantastic! Those are the details I love! It brought a tear to my eye. I also loved looking around the characters to see game references in the background that might have missed.
If I had to pick at things, for those that want a negative, it would be that the story seemed a bit sporadic at times and the characters weren’t as lovable as other Disney movies. But by the end of the movie, I found that I really had a fondness for them.
Oh, and the opening animated short call Paperman was phenomenal. I seriously loved it. It’s beautiful blend of traditional animation and CG. It almost makes me wish I went in the direction of animation for film rather than games. Almost. ^_^
I’d have to say that this movie really defines me and who I’ve become. I am a trained animator. I am a pixel artist. Video games have been the biggest part of my life since as long as I can remember to the point that I made them my career. So it made me super happy to see pixels on the big screen. If you love retro games or just games in general, I’m pretty sure you’ll have a great time.
Play Asia
November 6th, 2012 at 7:26 am
I would love to see some foxy roxy pics, I bet those’d be amazing
November 7th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Foxy Roxy? Who is that? I don’t think I’ve heard of that character.
November 6th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
More adults will get the old school game references than the kids. Never thought there would come a day when I’d have to explain to my 5 year old nephew who Pac-Man was.
November 6th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
I was happy by how often Sonic the Hedgehog showed up in this movie. I thought he’d just be in that opening, but he was featured all over the place.
Very good movie indeed.
November 8th, 2012 at 12:38 am
I can’t remember the title but it was a fighting game for super nintendo where all the characters were anthros. there was some kung fu bunny dude and psycho kitty a tiny cat who’s attacks were mainly spazzes. I’ll re-reply the second I remember the title
November 9th, 2012 at 7:11 am
I remembered! Brutal Paws of Fury. You should definatly check it out. I think it’s on multiplatforms includeing pc.
November 8th, 2012 at 11:52 am
My fiance and I went to see it a couple days ago. “OMG! This is awesome!” was pretty much both our response. We’re both kinda geeky. Me far more so then her, but she’s coming along nicely!
It was a bit painful for me to have to explain Q*bert to her though. Especially since I happen to have a copy of it for the original Gameboy on my shelf! [along with my working condition original GB]
Loved it! want it to hurry up and come out so I can buy it and watch it again!!! This time with popcorn that didn’t cost me $5